Thanks, Fred. That's such a good reminder that it is what it is, but it isn't necessarily what we think it is. Surrender the stories to uncover the truth.
+kathleen sutherland Hey, Kathleen! That's all we have to do--uncover the shining Truth. However, sometimes it's harder to give up muck than we might think!
Holding on to the story that “I should be doing more, especially to help others awaken”.... (no others, I hear yah):) and that I was more connected to Source/God about 1 -1/2 years ago. Understanding that there is no ME is one thing, fully integrating that knowing or feeling it deeply isn’t occurring 🙏🏼💜🇨🇦
Bring that unit to Satsang. Don't get caught up in the "there's no me" trap. From the Absolute view and experience, of course it doesn't! That's Absolutely true. But it's not RELATIVELY true. This may not make any sense to you just now, but I'm betting it's the heart of your problem. I say that because I've seen so many others wrestle with over the last dozen years of facilitating clarity for TONS of "awakened beings." Email me at fredsdavis@gmail.com and we'll offer you a free satsang.
It all just IS! We love to identify with our life story, the thoughts that the mind thinks. We think that these things are us, and we mistakenly think that we cannot BE without the stories/assumptions. It’s not “I think therefore I am” it’s “I AM therefore I think!”
Much appreciated Fred. The story is nearly over for me. Listening to you talk about this story is like the real me saying and feeling " THE END". And thank fuck for that. Excuse me i meant to also say "thank God for that", and Fred too.
Yep! "I" was at a stage not too long ago where "I" just wanted to go back to the life that "I" was living before "my" initial awakening. "I" had realised the Truth but still had that seeking energy which wanted to know more, to experience more, to be more than that which already was. Then "I" had the realisation that that which is is all there can ever be and so is absolute perfection. And there was nobody really here to know more, experience more, or to be more than what already was. Now awareness just accepts everything that is. Funny, "I" used to say to to "myself" as if a some kind of manta "I am". But then "I" realised that there never was an "I" that was, only the "am". Amness, so to speak.
Yes, Awareness accepts everything As It Is. It has no choice. But you'll notice that the unit is not on board with that lofty view. Honest to God, come to Satsang. awakeningclaritynow.com/satsang/
HaPpY to have discovered you a few weeks ago. Inquiry is the tool and non duality is the message. I'm an often exhausted weary seeker, and there are not many stories that motivate or cling. I want awakening.
Being right... fun sometimes; yet getting to humble ( the thinning), the willingness to be expendable has now come to the forefront ( for me); Some say being humble is not thinking less of yourself, but less about yourself. Hence thinking less of your self is being okay with being expendable. Now the clue: the 'expendable' part is the unit as Fred says. That is expendable. 'You' presence is never expendable ... why ? because that would suggest some -thing with a beginning is this presence.. Only things with a beginning can have an end - hence the unit/personality/limited thing.
Thanks again for another perfectly timed reminder. For the last few days " seemingly" there has been a storm of thought making declaring ME to be the victim and unfairly so because, I am right...... I know it's bull and I can see what the game is, but it's happening anyway, and I can't do anything about it.... Tigers mouth indeed :-)
+Fred Davis. Thanyou for replying. It was seen about a year ago that the I that thought is always pointing to is merely a perspective or a possibility. or at least that is how my mind interpreted it. I am the awareness of it all. It was seen clearly. But that is not my day to day experience.
Hi Fred. Excellent, thank you. The ultimate giving up for 'me' is the total disorientation Adyashanti describes so vividly in his books. But sounds like your clients don't go thru that?
Total disorientation is rare. Partial disorientation is common. It's just a matter of clearing, which is what my practice is all about. Typically I only talk to "unawakened" beings once, because most people will wake up the first time I talk with them. So, it makes sense that this teaching is almost exclusively about Conscious Awakeness adjusting to the post-awakened state through a given so-called "individual" and coming to know itself more intimately. I invite you to come to Online Sunday Satsang sometime and see for yourself.
🥴😅😅😅 did Byron's, Jayem's, Rama, ++ inquiry... I only knew some hidden issues... ok, so? Until now that you said Oneness! 🤦♀️ now makes sense: Oneness can't compare, be special, bla bla bla the body and it's history played the ping pong game! 😅😵💫💖 Me doesn't want to stop controlling the story and the apparent body...
Anyone have some advice on how to stop hanging onto the story of guilt and remorse and regret? For me it was easy to give up being right. Harder to give up being a victim, but it's def possible. But... how do I stop loathing myself for past mistakes?
I no longer believe I'm this body, but I'm not sure about the subconscious mind and what role it plays in this little reality play. Does it generate the behavior patterns that in turn produce the end effects I grapple with daily? Does its causal influence fade when the belief in the separate self is dissolved? I guess my problem is I'm hanging onto remnants of incompatible models, patterns of beliefs within patterns of beliefs within....well you get the idea. Maybe it's all just quantum chicken soup after all.
+David Harris The one who no longer believes he is the body is the subtle David that's still in the way of seeing you are not limited to that body. You're Oneness; you can't NOT be that body, but you're not limited to it.
Good pickup, that's exactly right. In the bad old days I was a car salesman for 10 years. We joke about it in satsang, and often in one on one sessions. But I'll tell you something: It did teach me a great deal about one-to-one sessions with people I'd never met. There's often gold beneath the dirt.
